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An Act To Prohibit Telephone Line-item Charges Not Representing Services Requested by the Customer or Required by Law
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §7309  is enacted to read:
§ 7309.  Unlawful telephone line-item charges
A telephone utility may not include any line-item charge in a bill to a customer except a line-item charge that represents an actual service requested by the customer or a line-item charge that is specifically authorized by federal or state law.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits a telephone utility from including line-item charges on telephone bills, except those that represent actual services requested by a customer or that are specifically required by federal or state law.